I had a unique and amazing experience the other night. I dreamed a new story, complete from beginning to end. The dream was so vivid it seemed as if it was actually real. I was on a new planet, attending a new school, and meeting the other students for the first time. Their behaviour was bizarre. It was only at the end of the dream/story that I understood why. The basic idea of the dream, and the unnatural state of the other people, are new ideas to me. When I awoke, I wrote down everything I could remember. Some of the events I dreamed were elusive upon waking up, yet I remember that they were fully believable in the dream.

What was the dream? I will tell you by writing the story. This will be a challenge because some of the key events in the dream have been lost to me. I will need to think about what those events were. Nevertheless, the basic elements of the story have been written down, and will launch me into writing.

This is the first time I have dreamed a story. I know of cases where other writers have dreamed complete stories. Now that this has happened to me, I am astounded that people can do this. Hopefully I can develop the story as fully as my dream. And with a chilling ending!